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Innovation Competition Faculty of Engineering for Master and Bachelor Thesis 2025
We are excited to announce the launch of the Faculty of Engineering Innovation Competition for Master and Bachelor Thesis 2025!
We invite students to apply for the competition!
We encourage lecturers, professors, and researchers to inform their students about this opportunity and motivate them to apply for the competition.
The competition aims to inspire the Faculty of Engineering (IV Fakultet) students to engage in creative thinking and innovation, while also providing you with an opportunity to showcase your ideas and talents.
The competition is open to all Master and Bachelor students at NTNU Faculty of Engineering in their last year of study and it covers all topics. We encourage all students to participate.
How to participate:
Based on your Master or Bachelor thesis you submit a written Innovation Outline of your idea or solution, along with any supporting materials or data, using the Innovation Outline template attached (3-5 pages). You will submit this document together with the thesis as per the instructions below.
Please keep in mind that you still need to submit your thesis (Master or Bachelor) through the NTNU system as mentioned in the education programme that you are following.
Two steps application:
- Pre-register your participation and idea – link https://forms.office.com/e/yphkLAR9XG. We want to see your short idea first. You will get an answer if you can pursue with the preparation of the document or not in 2 days after the submission. The latest to send the form is May 15th.
- If accepted for the competition – send the Innovation Outline (English or Norwegian) to mara.diaconu@ntnu.no with the title email: Innovation Competition 2025_(your name)
Deadline to send the Innovation Outline, step 2: 1 June 2025.
Winner announcement
Winners will be announced by the end of June 2025 and they will receive attractive prizes and recognition for their winning entries. See here the 2023 and 2024 winners: https://www.ntnu.edu/lets-talk-innovation/news
Master prizes: First place: 30.000NOK, Second place: 20.000NOK, Third place: 10.000NOK
Bachelor prizes: First place: 20.000NOK, Second place: 15.000NOK, Third place: 10.000NOK
In addition to the competition, we will also be providing students with access to resources and support to help them develop their ideas and refine their submissions.
If you need further information contact Mara Diaconu.
Faculty of Engineering's Innovation Awards for Bachelor and Master 2024 - Winners
On October 7th, at the Faculty of Engineering, we proudly hosted the second annual Innovation Awards Ceremony as part of the "Let's Talk Innovation" initiative.
The event highlighted the brilliant ideas and efforts of the last year Bachelor’s and Master’s students, who presented their innovative projects based on their thesis work.
Faculty Dean Olav Bolland emphasized the crucial role of collaboration between academia, industry and society in fostering value creation and knowledge transfer.
The room was filled with students, researchers, PhDs, postdocs, and innovation enthusiasts eager to see the winners and hear about the next actions outlined by the Vice-Dean of Innovation Alenka Temeljotov Salaj, including the new innovation courses and modules for students.
Innovation Competition for both Bachelor and Master's 2024 received 13 applications from 20 students from 4 departments across all three NTNU campuses, showcasing the talent and creativity shaping the future of technology and research.
Meet the Trailblazers
Innovation Competition Bachelor Winners
First place:
Simen Grinna Hagen
Herman Smaaberg
Mathias Vanebo
Idea: Klimapositiv betong med biokull
Prize: 20.000 NOK
Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering (Gjøvik)
Supervisor: Mohammad Hajmohammadian Baghban
Co-supervisor: Hamideh Mehdizadeh
Second place:
Anjayan Thavarajan
Sigbjørn Nystøyl Kleppe
William Hammer
Idea: Toward Cleaner Oceans: Developing an ROV-Based Solution for Subsea Fishing Trash Collection
Prize: 15.000 NOK
Department of ICT and Natural Sciences (Ålesund)
Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering (Ålesund)
Supervisor: Ottar Laurits Osen, Erlend Magnus Lervik Coates, Lars Petter Bryne
Co-supervisor: Gulleik Olsen
Third place
Emil Mellefont
Håkon Hoem Olsen
Idea: En case-studie om heving av boliger på stålramme som flomsikringstiltak i Nesbyen kommune
Prize: 10.000 NOK
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Supervisor: Jomar Tørset
Co-supervisor: Torsten Starkloff
Innovation Competition Master Winners:
First place:
Nils Martin Brandt
Idea: A reliable and sustainable design framework of lime-cement ribs as underground struts - a rational approach
Prize: 30.000 NOK
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Supervisors: Yutao Pan
Second place:
Jonas Rossavik Johannessen
Sander Evenrud Kildal
Christian Vangen Amundsen
Idea: Prototyping Industry 4.0: Helping small and medium sized enterprises overcome Industry 4.0 adoption hurdles
Prize: 20.000 NOK
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Supervisor: Martin Steinert
Third place
Erik Galler
Idea: A Transformer Driven Approach for Associating AIS Ship Trajectories to Sentinel-2 ship detections
Prize: 10.000 NOK
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Supervisor: Hongchao Fan
Co-supervisor: Adrian Tofting & Torstein Solberg (VAKE)
Together, we are paving the way for impactful research and groundbreaking solutions! Stay engaged with us at https://www.ntnu.edu/lets-talk-innovation/
Innovation awards – Bachelor and Master Theses 2023
Innovation Competition Bachelor Winner
Hans Jørgen Sveen
Lars Vestnes Larsen
Idea: Prosjektering av en nullutslipps energifrakter for turisme i Geirangerfjorden
Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering
Supervisor: Lars Erik Nygård
Innovation Competition Master Winner
First place:
Olav Ødegård
Jorn Visser
Idea: DrillFeel – Haptic Feedback for Enhancing Drillers Situational Awareness
Department of Geoscience and Petroleum (Jorn, Alexey),
Department of Engineering Cybernetics (Olav, Lars Imsland)
Eindhoven University of Technology
Supervisors: Lars Struen Imsland, Alexey Pavlov
Second place:
Abdelrahman Ibrahim
Idea: Risk Aware Control of Underwater Snake Robots in Confined Environments
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics (MIR) / Department Marine Technology
Supervisor: Asgeir J. Sørensen
Third place
Elise Munch-Ellingsen
Trine Tveten Berge
Idea: IFC-based Element Mapping for Sustainable Construction: Optimising Reuse and Structural Integrity Assessment
Department of Structural Engineering
Supervisor: Sverre Magnus Haakonsen
The IFAC MIM2025
11th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control
The IFAC MIM2025 – 11th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control comes to the beautiful Trondheim, Norway on June 18-20, 2025. 🌍
We invite you to submit your work, abstracts and papers! Join us!
Together with Alenka Temeljotov Salaj Vice-dean of Innovation NTNU Faculty of Engineering, we are hosting a special session on "Innovation in the Engineering Academic Environment", where we will explore cutting-edge approaches to advancing academic innovation, new research in innovation and exploitation of research, new teaching methods, and the role of innovation competencies in engineering and academia setup.
📌 Why Attend?
We bring together researchers, educators, industry leaders and innovators to discuss the latest trends and breakthroughs in the innovation mindset and innovation culture, including:
✅ Innovation competencies.
✅ Innovative curriculum design and implementation.
✅ Entrepreneurship and innovation in engineering education.
✅ Collaborative industry-academic partnerships.
✅ Social Innovation
✅ Innovation and exploitation of research
🤝 We welcome academia and entrepreneurs to share their stories!
🗓 Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: November 30, 2024
Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2025
📌 Share and Submit Your Paper! HERE.
Workshop Invitation for all researchers:
Future Research & Innovation Competitiveness: Towards a Higher Societal Impact
Faculty of Engineering invites you to the upcoming capacity and competence-building workshop Future Research & Innovation Competitiveness: Towards a Higher Societal Impact.
Date: 27th November - 09:30 - 14:30 (coffee, tea and lunch included)
Location: Room C201 Varmetekniske Laboratorier, Floor 2
The workshop is designed for senior academics, researchers, professors, PostDoc to enhance their strategies for impactful research and innovation towards societal impact. The talks and exercises will support participants in translating the research into innovative ideas.
This hands-on event will be supported by Dr. Antonia (Toni) Caro Gonzalez, independent expert and founder of Eoh-for-Good: Leading Systemic Transformations for the Common Good, a strategic consultancy for driving change within organisations and innovation ecosystems.
Dr. Caro has held various positions and combined complementary roles as an institutional innovator, Research & Innovation (R&I) strategist and manager, senior researcher, evaluation expert for the European Commission, and entrepreneur.
To confirm your participation, please register HERE.
For more information please write to alenka.temeljotov-salaj@ntnu.no or mara.diaconu@ntnu.no.
Innovation Award 2023
Congratulations to the winners of the NTNU-IV Innovation Award 2023!
The award highlights the Faculty of Engineering's pioneering projects:
New Tip Manipulator, inventor: Carlos Alberto Dorao
ByMaker - Sustainable urban transformation game, inventor: Coline Senior
NTNU is proud of your research achievements, and we look forward to following your research and innovation.
Congratulation!
Doctoral course for PhD candidates who want to make more impact from their research
Are you a doctoral candidate (or do you know one?) who wants to make more impact from your research?
Then this new doctoral course – in collaboration between SFU Engage (NTNU) and Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship – (1,5 ECT) is something for you!
In this course, on April 22nd-26th (the participants have to be online AND on campus in Trondheim or Stockholm), you will learn how you can derive value from your research beyond publishing scientific articles.
Registration deadline:
24th of March
Read more and register HERE!
Innovation Competition Faculty of Engineering for Master and Bachelor Theses 2024
We are excited to announce the launch of the Faculty of Engineering Innovation Competition for Master and Bachelor Thesis 2024!
This competition aims to inspire you, the Faculty of Engineering (IV Fakultet) students, to engage in creative thinking and innovation, while also providing you with an opportunity to showcase your ideas and talents. The competition is open to all Master and Bachelor students at NTNU Faculty of Engineering in their last year of study and it covers all topics. We encourage all students to participate.
Winners will receive attractive prizes and recognition for their winning entries.
Master prizes: First place: 30.000NOK, Second place: 20.000NOK, Third place: 10.000NOK
Bachelor prizes: First place: 20.000NOK, Second place: 15.000NOK, Third place: 10.000NOK
In addition to the competition, we will also be providing students with access to resources and support to help them develop their ideas and refine their submissions.
Please see the full announcement HERE!
Or download the outline template here!
The deadline to send the innovation outline is June 1, 2024.
If you need further information, please contact Mara Diaconu
Maritime Innovation Bootcamp 2023
1st prize:
Paul Arild Bjørnæs (Cybernetics and robotics, Trondheim), Nazar Umuschchenko (Sustainable manufacturing, Gjøvik) and Robert Muren (Nautic, Ålesund)
Innovative solution: Replacing turbine blades on floating wind turbines through a new crib solution.
2nd prize:
Rosa Cano (Marine Engineering, Trondheim), Martin Johannessen (Data engineering, Gjøvik) and Pedram Mehrabani (International business and marketing, Ålesund)
Innovative solution: Submersible floating offshore wind turbines – lower installations.
3rd prize:
Håkon Myren (Marine engineering, Trondheim), Edison Veizaj (Sustainable manufacturing, Gjøvik) and Christina Beitveit (Nautic, Ålesund)
Innovative solution: New handling solution on catamaran vessel for wind turbine installation.
Innovate for Better
Who:
Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. students from NTNU. Student startup projects are also encouraged to participate.
What:
The main challenge for participating in the competition relates to solutions that contribute to a positive energy transition and reduced CO2 emissions. On the website, you will find nine key challenges Equinor is searching for solutions to solve. These challenges are linked to a wide variety of NTNU's academic fields of interest e.g: digital twins, autonomous vehicles and robotics, offshore wind installations, geological data, CO2 storage, circular economy, and more.
How to apply:
1. Video presentation: Composition - introduction of participants (90 sec)
2. Video presentation: Sales/ pitch of idea (3 min)
3. Pitch-Deck (max. 12 foils)
4. * Ph.D. student projects require written consent from the head of the department, confirming that the candidate can participate in this competition. The consent must be attached to the application.
What are the conditions?
All students at NTNU, from bachelor to PhD, can apply. All we ask is that you have a concrete idea, project or start up that could contribute to the energy transition – and don't worry, Equinor will not own any rights, your ideas are one hundred percent your ideas. Applications received will only be used for assessment in this competition. The application will be shredded after the prizes have been awarded
Deadline and submission:
By November 10th, Email: innovate@equinor.com
For more information, click HERE!
Celebrating International Women's Day
Happy International Women's Day!
It's an opportune moment to reflect on the remarkable contributions of women in shaping the landscape of innovation and hear the words of Alenka Temeljotov Salaj, Vice-Dean Innovation NTNU Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
PhD Innovation Scholarship 2023 Winner
Arman Montazerian
Solution: IBetong Intelligent Concrete Blocks toward sustainable and smart cities
Supervisors:
Stergios Goutianos, Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering
Jan Arve Øverli, Department of Structural Engineering
Next-Gen Innovator
Calling all PhD candidates and postdocs looking to supercharge their academic journey!
The Faculty of Engineering and Let’s Talk Innovation present:
📌 Workshop: Next-Gen Innovators - Empowering PhDs and Postdocs for Impactful Research.
Date: December 13th, Location: Digs.
Get ready to fuel innovation and find out about business models and business elements!
This half-day event is your ticket to unlocking transformative innovations beyond the ordinary.
Invited speaker:
Jamie Urquhart Innovator | Mentor | Venture Partner | Business advisor
Click HERE to read all about it on our event page!
Additional funding to facilitate innovation based on results from Ph.D. education
PhD candidates who have identified innovation potential in their project may, together with their supervisor, apply for an innovation grant.
The project must be based on Ph.D. work from the Faculty of Engineering, and the public defense must be less than one year in the future at the time of application.
Candidates who defended their thesis up to one year ago at the time of application may also apply. The scholarship is worth NOK 500,000. More information in the documentation here.
More information HERE!
Coline Senior - NTNU representative at IECT Summer School
Coline Senior, Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is one of three NTNU representatives selected by NTNU Discovery to participate in the prestigious Summer school organised by the Institute for Entrepreneurship Cambridge-Tirol (IECT) Hermann Hauser. Coline represented the ByMaker team in Austria and received intense training on the commercialisation of research results.
ByMaker is an interactive online game developed for children and youth to empower them with knowledge and skills in sustainable urban development. It was developed as part of Coline's Ph.D. with the support of her colleague and co-founder, Mara Diaconu, Ph.D. student, and her supervisors Professor Alenka Temeljotov Salaj and Professor Agnar Johansen.
Application for the UNITECH International Programme is now open!
Unitech International is a partnership between eight learning European universities and outstanding industry partners.
UNITECH is a mobility program. For STEM students, it offers a variety of networking experiences with international partners and skills that go beyond the conventional content.
Offer:
- an exchange semester at an outstanding university
- an international internship
- coaching and workshops
- interdisciplinary discussions on actual topics
You can apply HERE!
Or read the details of the programs and related information on the NTNU-Wiki Page
Deadline for applications: February 15, 2024
Please see the presentation of the UNITECH overview HERE!
You can also access the UNITECH promotional videos now!
UNITECH Alumni Contacts:
Eric Tillman Bill - Computer Science, studies at RWTH Aachen
Filip Folkesson - Computer Science, studies at Chalmers, had his exchange at RWTH Aachen
Mattia Merloni - Studies Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Maritime Innovation Bootcamp
Are you interested in solving real problems from the offshore industry?
Would you consider setting aside four days for a case-solving competition?
Then the Maritime Innovation Bootcamp is for you!
See all the information on how to participate, prizes, and so on HERE!
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Innovation Competition Faculty of Engineering for Master and Bachelor thesis 2023
Deadline has passed
Faculty of Engineering Innovation Competition for Master and Bachelor Thesis 2023 had been launched successfully!
This competition aimed to inspire you, the Faculty of Engineering (IV Fakultet) students, to engage in creative thinking and innovation, while also providing you with an opportunity to showcase your ideas and talents.
The competition was open to all Master and Bachelor students at NTNU Faculty of Engineering in their last year of study and it covers all topics.
Entrepreneurship for better teaching
This course is designed for those who are curious about entrepreneurship and innovation and wish to incorporate these concepts into their own teaching.
The course provides insights into entrepreneurial mindset, design thinking, and introduces the participants to Engage's educational framework. Through a combination of lectures, individual work, and group activities, you will be challenged to explore how you can include and teach elements of entrepreneurship and innovation in your own teaching.
The purpose of the course is to challenge you into considering what entrepreneurship and innovation can mean in your specific field of research and how you can contribute to educating future change agents. The course is open to all employees at NTNU.
You can enroll and find other valuable information HERE! before 15.10.2023 Kl: 23:55.
Questions? Please contact:
Vårin Vaskinn and Håvard Engen
Watch the video to see how previous participants experienced the course HERE!
Friday Talk at Faculty of Engineering
For employees and students at the Faculty of Engineering, and for others who find the topic interesting. The purpose of this webinar series is to stimulate academic and free discussions on important topics in research, innovation and education, and also to provide a team- and culture-building arena at the IV Faculty.
When: Fridays 08.30-09.00 (except holidays, summer vacation, cramped days).
Where: Teams
Global Talent Award - Shortlisted ByMaker solution
VOTE FOR US!
ByMaker solution, developed by PhD Candidate Coline Senior and her team, has been selected for the semi-finals of the Global Talent Award!! The solution is part of the top 25 applicants of SDG 11 challange, out of 400 applications from 65 countries.
The best solution to one of this year's challenges, will take home a cash prize of NOK 100,000,-.
An impressive achievement, and now is time to visit the Video and Poster booth and VOTE for her here - open until 20 March
Inspiring Innovation: Unwrapping the Innovation Advent Calendar
As the year draws to a close and the festive season is upon us, there's no better time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. In the spirit of celebration and inspiration, we've crafted an advent calendar like no other—one filled with quotes that ignite the flames of innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity.
Our advent calendar isn't decorated with chocolates or tiny trinkets but rather with the wisdom of visionaries and trailblazers. Each day reveals a new quote, a nugget of insight from some of the most brilliant minds in history. From scientists and philosophers to inventors and business entrepreneurs, these quotes transcend time and speak directly to the essence of innovation.
As we open each door on this advent calendar, let it be a call to action. A call to embrace change, take risks, and foster an environment where ideas flourish. Whether you’re a researcher, a scientist, an entrepreneur, a creative thinker, or someone seeking inspiration, these quotes are a reminder that innovation is not a destination but a continuous journey—one that requires courage, curiosity, and a relentless pursuit of improvement.
Check the calendar HERE